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When you think of the best chest exercises, the bench press is what usually comes to mind. But what if you don’t have access to a gym OR free weights? Are you forever banished to merely doing hundreds of pushups? (not that there’s anything wrong with that…) Before we discuss my DIY bench press alternative, let’s take a look at the pros and cons of the bench press.
[Kourtney Kardashian has no use for chest exercises. Photo by . . . → Read More: The Best Chest Exercise – NOT the Bench Press?  So far, my approach to working out has been mostly focused on bodyweight circuits and sandbag training. There is no denying the effectiveness of these approaches for fitness, fat loss, and general strength development. But what about the benefits of lifting HEAVY weights for minimal reps?
So, I spent a couple weeks traveling up an down this great state of California, visiting friends and whatnot, and haven’t worked out hardly at all, outside of a few surf sessions.
[There are so many beautiful women in San Francisco. Here is one. Photo by homemade adjustable training sandbag. Check it out: Exercise #1 – Sandbag Thruster
The thruster is basically a front squat . . . → Read More: Another Brutal Sandbag Workout Having a hurt shoulder is no fun! But don’t stress. All it takes is a little effort to heal or prevent injury. Take a couple minutes to do these rotator cuff exercises – strengthen and protect your shoulder’s delicate rotator cuff muscles as part of your pre-workout warm up routine.
[Falling onto soft sand hurts a LOT less than falling onto concrete, and the view isn't so bad either. Here is an amazing sunset from Laguna Beach, CA. Photo by . . . → Read More: Prevent Shoulder Injury – Warmup With These Rotator Cuff Exercises An At Home Strength Training Workout With Minimal Equipment If your email inbox and browsing history look anything like mine, at this point you are up to your ears in bodyweight exercise circuits.
[This photo has nothing to do with our topic. My philosophy is - when in doubt, post a picture of a beautiful woman. Photo by . . . → Read More: A Home Strength Training Workout The triceps, the often ignored counterpart to the famous biceps muscle, is easy to target with bodyweight exercises. Here are a few options:
[This photo has nothing to do with triceps exercises, but the sunsets have been so RIDICULOUS around here this first part of fall, I thought I would share this shot with you, from just down the road in Morro Bay. Photo by . . . → Read More: Triceps Exercises – Without Weights – You May Not Have Tried Yet… The sledgehammer – a simple and brutally effective tool of destruction, if there ever was one! Just think of the sledgehammer’s medieval battlefield counterpart, the bludgeon. Merely saying “bludgeon” brings to mind gruesome scenes of peasant-on-peasant footsoldier warfare, while noble knights daintily fought on horseback.
[That sledgehammer also might come in handy when you have to bludgeon down a castle wall to save this princess.] Ok, enough of the medieval war imagery for now. (I just saw Robin Hood. It was pretty good). Back to our sledgehammer workout. If you have ever had to manually break up and get rid of a large concrete slab, you already know how repeatedly swinging a . . . → Read More: Sledgehammer Workout – Brutal Conditioning, Core and Grip Work
[WWJSD? If you have seen The Transporter, you know the answer to this question... Photo by here: “I never gave a f–k about a calorie,” Statham says. Once I was on a surfing trip, and some B-grade actor that happened to be around turned down . . . → Read More: WWJSD? – What Would Jason Statham Do? Workout to Lose Nearly 20 Pounds in 6 Weeks, That’s What! It’s summertime… School is out, the sky is blue, the grass is green, the sweet scent of barbecues and sunscreen fills the air, and the girls are out in bikinis. When things are this great outside, why the heck would you want to be locked up in a sweaty gym?
[Here is something you will never find in a gym, a real mermaid! Photo by . . . → Read More: The World Is Your Gym – Summertime Workout, Methode Naturelle Style The glute ham raise is one of the best exercises for developing the posterior chain muscles (lower back, hips, glutes/butt, hamstrings and calves) that are SO important for athletic performance.
[This photo doesn't have much to do with glute ham raises, but hey, it's summertime. It's always nice to see a pretty girl walking on the beach. Photo by . . . → Read More: Improvised Glute Ham Raise – Run Faster on a Budget |
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